Synthesis and Cycloaddition Reaction of C-(2-naphthoyl)-N-arylmethanohydrazonoylpyridinium Bromides

Coupling of naphthacylpyridinium bromide 2 [1-(2-naphthyl) ethanone-2-pyridinium bromide] with N-nitrosoacetarylamides afforded C-(2-naphthoyl)-N-arylmethanohydrazonoylpyridinium bromides 3A-C. Treatment of 3A-C with base afforded the corresponding tetrazines 6A-C. Cycloaddition of nitrilimines 5A-C to N-arylmaleimides, acrylonitrile, ethyl acrylate, acrylamide, fumaronitrile, $\alpha$-cyanocinnamonitriles, ethyl $\alpha$-cyano-p-nitrocinnamates and $\alpha$-cyano-p-nitrocinnamamide afforded the corresponding cycloadducts 7-14, respectively. The cycloadducts 11-14 undergo a facile thermal elimination of hydrogen cyanide to give the corresponding pyrazoles 18-21 respectively.